Nova Scotians can learn ways to help reduce environmental risks and prevent cancer at the next session of the Cancer Answers lecture series.
Preventing Cancer: Reducing Environmental Risk will be hosted by Cancer Care Nova Scotia on Tuesday, Oct. 27.
The lecture will be held in Halifax and available by video conference at 19 sites across the province. It is part of the Cancer Answers lecture series, designed to provide Nova Scotians with quality cancer information. The lecture will be presented by Dr. Louise Parker, Director of Cancer Research, Cancer Care Nova Scotia.
"As many as 50 per cent of cancers can be prevented and one of the keys to cancer prevention is reducing our environmental risk, said Theresa Marie Underhill, Chief Operating Officer, Cancer Care Nova Scotia. Dr. Parker will speak about environmental risk for cancer being reflective of our lifestyle, our behaviour, our culture and our society, and will suggest actions we can take on an individual and a community level to reduce this risk. "
The lecture will be held between 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. in the Royal Bank Lecture Theatre of the Halifax Infirmary, 1796 Summer St. and available by video conference at: Dartmouth General Hospital, Dartmouth; Hants Community Hospital, Windsor; Eastern Memorial Hospital, Canso; St. Martha's Regional Hospital, Antigonish; Strait Richmond Hospital, Evanston; St. Mary’s Memorial Hospital, Sherbrooke; AVH – Chipman Boardroom, Annapolis Valley Industrial Park, Kentville; Colchester Regional Hospital, Truro; Lillian Fraser Memorial Hospital, Tatamagouche; Aberdeen Hospital, New Glasgow; Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre, Amherst; South Shore Regional Hospital, Bridgewater; Shoreham Village, Chester; Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney; Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital, Inverness; Victoria County Memorial Hospital, Baddeck; Eskasoni Health Centre, Eskasoni; Yarmouth Regional Hospital, Yarmouth; and Roseway Hospital, Shelburne.
Cancer Care Nova Scotia, a program of the Department of Health, was created ten years ago to facilitate quality cancer prevention and care for all Nova Scotians. Through Cancer Patient Navigation, health professional education, and standards and guideline development, Cancer Care Nova Scotia supports health professionals in providing patients with high quality care. Its work with other organizations raises awareness about the importance of healthy lifestyles in reducing cancer risk, and its screening programs educate Nova Scotians about healthy lifestyles and available testing like Pap tests for cervical cancer and the FIT kit for colorectal cancer. The goal is to find cancer earlier and treat it better.
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For more information contact:
Christine Smith
Cancer Care Nova Scotia
Phone: 902-222-9739